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Input information
These are the input data for the following calculation:
1. An office area has length: 20 meter; width: 10 meter; height: 3 meter.
2. The ceiling to desk height is 2 meters.
3. The area is to be illuminated to a general level of 250 lux using twin lamp 32 watt CFL luminaires with a
SHR of 1.25.
4. Each lamp has an initial output (Efficiency) of 85 lumen per watt.
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5. The lamps Maintenance factor (MF) is 0.63 ,Utilization Factor is 0.69 and space height ratio (SHR) is
1.25.

Calculation in 8 steps
1. Total wattage of fixtures:
Total wattage of fixtures = Number of lamps x each lamps watt.
Total wattage of fixtures = 2 32 = 64 Watt.

2. Lumen per fixtures

Lumen per fixtures = Lumen efficiency (Lumen per Watt) x each fixtures watt
Lumen per fixtures = 85 x 64 = 5440 Lumen

3. Number of fixtures
Required number of fixtures = Required Lux x Room area / MF x UF x Lumen per fixture
Required number of fixtures = (250 x 20 x 10) / (0.63 0.69 5440)
We will need 21 fixtures

4. Minimum spacing between each fixture

The ceiling to desk height is 2 meters and space height ratio is 1.25, so:
Maximum spacing between fixtures = 2 1.25 = 2.25 meter.

5. Number of required rows of fixtures along with width of room

Number of rows required = Width of room / Max. spacing = 10 / 2.25
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Number of rows required is therefore = 4.

6. Number of fixtures required in each row

Number of fixtures required in each row = Total Fixtures / Number of rows = 21 / 4
Therefore, we have 5 fixtures in each row.

7. Axial spacing between each fixture:

Axial spacing between fixtures = Length of room / Number of fixtures in each row
and that would be: 20 / 5 = 4 Meter

8. Transverse spacing between each fixture:

Transverse spacing between fixtures = Width of room / Number of fixtures in row
and that would be: 10 / 4 = 2.5 Meter.

5 things to conclude
So far, we have been calculated the following:
Number of rows with lighting fixtures = 4
Number of lighting fixtures in each row = 5
Axial spacing between fixtures = 4.0 meter
Transverse spacing between fixtures = 2.5 meter
Required total number of fixtures = 21

About Author //
Jignesh Parmar
jiguparmar - Jignesh Parmar has completed his B.E(Electrical) from Gujarat University. He is member of
Institution of Engineers (MIE),India. Membership No:M-1473586.He has more than 12 years experience in
Transmission -Distribution-Electrical Energy theft detection-Electrical Maintenance-Electrical Projects
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(Planning-Designing-Technical Review-coordination -Execution). He is Presently associate with one of the

leading business group as a Assistant Manager at Ahmedabad,India. He has published numbers of Technical
Articles in "Electrical Mirror", "Electrical India", "Lighting India", "Industrial Electrix"(Australian Power
Publications) Magazines. He is Freelancer Programmer of Advance Excel and design useful Excel base
Electrical Programs as per IS, NEC, IEC,IEEE codes. He is Technical Blogger and Familiar with English, Hindi,
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